5 March
From Tolkien Gateway
Events which occurred on 5 March
On Earth
- 1964 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Eileen Elgar (of which a part was published as Letter 255) and encloses the manuscript "Concerning ... The Hoard" and "Kinship of the Half-elven".
- 1971 - Yuri Lowenthal, who would play Frodo in The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, is born.
- 2004 - The first day of RingCon IV in Seattle.
In Arda
- T.A. 3019:
- Wormtongue reaches Isengard at morn.
- Théoden and company reach Isengard at noon. They have a parley with Saruman and camp at Dol Baran.
- Pippin looks into the Orthanc-stone and a short time later a winged Nazgûl passes over the camp. In response, Gandalf sets out with the Hobbit for Minas Tirith.
- Frodo hides in sight of the Morannon, and leaves at dusk.